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melissa

just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly....all for you cammy

About Me

well, i am a positive person, i love to surround myself with others who are positive/happy/peaceful or are striving to be. i have lived all over norcal and loved it all. my favorite place to live was mill valley...presently reside in healdsburg and really enjoy the area especially the vineyards and mountain region... i have run the gammit with jobs and found my true calling being a mommy...so, i married my husband 10yrs ago and met 15yrs ago in a pub....HA!, we have/had two children/boys, one is age 4~ flynn, and my hero cameron who sadly passed away at age 9, but who soars with the angels...we have three dogs~ golden retriever~ sage, black lab~ kenya and a rescue pit~ rusty, two rescue cats~ biko and cali...anywho, i love my family dearly, adore my pets, enjoy good wine, listen to a plethora of music, get into a zen state while gardening, rejuvinate while running, swimming and any other physical activity that i get the time to do....i am a stay at home mommy to flynn my crazy and very loving child....hoping to grow emotionally, spiritually and physically each day....also hope to make sense of lifes tragedies...with dignity and composure....will letcha know how that goes....;)
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My Interests

being a mommy, the ocean, long boarders... my garden, music, did i say the ocean??, healthy living....learning about eastern religions~ buddhism, hindu...recently have really gotten into feng shui and clearing out all of my clutter/ having good energy flow....also really love learning about herbal remedies/ homeopathics...positivity and being a good open hearted person....

I'd like to meet:

well, i would be interested in meeting like minded people~ trying to live a humble, happy, healthy and fun life. *8818*

Music:

common sense, slightly stoopid, b-side players, jack johnson, ben harper, michael franti/ spearhead, common(us3), black eyed peas...corrinne baily rae, madeleine peyroux, tracy chapman, india arie, colbie caillet.... oldies too~ cat stevens, van morrison, james taylor, elvis costello, squeeze, english beat, clapton, kinks, talking heads and pretty much all motown...many, many, many... guilty pleasure~ show tunes....

Movies:

benny & joon, chocolat', charlie and the chocolate factory (gene wilder version), forrest gump....my fair lady, sound of music, oliver...i know i'm a goob!!! but keeping it real...

Television:

hmmm....ugly betty is my fav...otherwise tv can be ordinary...i love quirky...

Books:

haven't been able to read an entire book since my children arrived...but, i do find all the classics enjoyable..tolstoy, bronte sisters, jane austin, steinbeck, dostoevsky....poetry too... of late all childrens books...the gruffalo etc...doctor seusse.....UPDATE...reading many, many spritually inclined books...right now reading no time to lose by pema chodron, how to expand love by his holiness the dalai lama, a gradual awakening by stephen levine, the art of forgiveness, lovingkindness and peace by jack kornfield.....

Heroes:

my first born son cameron (3/7/98-10/14/07~ rip)

My Blog

melissa wants you to check out a photo on MySpace in the Mikes Photo's album

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Posted by melissa on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:42:00 PST

a year almost...

....it has almost been a year since our beautiful son cameron passed away....and it has been the most difficult thing any of us has ever had to deal with....i talk to him everyday and feel his presenc...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:29:00 PST

thank you all...

i have received so many lovely emails from so many people these last couple weeks...all of your words have meant the world to me...thankyou for your positivity, your prayers and above all your friends...
Posted by melissa on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:56:00 PST

back to bolinas with our son

today we will be sending cammy out on his everlasting perfect wave... for those of you who hadn't known about our son cameron....he was a very special boy that came to us almost 10 years ago. he had m...
Posted by melissa on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:14:00 PST